The 2018 Focus RS Limited Edition is available in either Race Red or Nitrous Blue.

Ford Motor Co.

Ford‘s sending off this generation of its high-performance hot-hatchback with a bang with a special 2018 Focus RS Limited Edition model. The exclusive examples build on the standard RS‘ 2.3-liter EcoBoost AWD formula with a few new styling and performance features.

Enthusiasts will be most excited to learn that the RS Limited Edition gains a new mechanical Quaife limited-slip differential for its front axle. The new front LSD works with the standard rear Dynamic Torque Vectoring and brake vectoring control systems to help the all-wheel drive hatch to put more of its 350-horsepower to the road when accelerating out of a bend with less wheel spin. That should result in faster lap times when pushing the RS near its limits.

Ford’s limiting this swan song to just 1,500 examples of the 2018 Focus RS Limited Edition — 1,000 for the States and 500 Canada — with deliveries beginning in late 2017. This’ll be your last shot at a new RS of this generation; once they’re gone, they’re gone.